Vaughan needs to go

If England wants to be competitive in the one day arena, then they really can't afford to bugger around with a useless contributor like Michael Vaughan. For a while, it was amusing that Vaughan was playing, more so as a captain, rather than a batsman, but how long can this facade go on?

It's pretty much expected from the opposition that England will be losing their openers pretty soon after they start batting. Vaughan has had a terrible World Cup as a batsman, and he hasn't done anything to extraordinary as captain either. I would let Ed Joyce play with Strauss at the top. At least Joyce has had some success in this WC, while Strauss is just out of form. As far as ODI's go, Vaughan has never really ever been in ODI form. In fact, his position in the ODI side has always been debated. He's a good test opener, but in ODI's, every person needs to contribute accordingly and England are feeling the brunt of losing wickets at the top of the order too fast. One can't expect the middle order to bail them out every time. On that note, Collingwood, Bell and KP are doing a great job, but is it fair to ask them to score 80% of the runs?

Sure, Strauss failed today, but Vaughan has failed in the last 6 games. Might as well bring Joyce back in and pull out Vaughan. At least England will get some runs out of it. If they desperately need captaincy, Vaughan can bring in the drinks and dictate field placings and what not from the sidelines. It's what is best for England...

England frustrate me. They had the game by the throat at 160/2 at the 30th over, and they let the friggin Australians go.